Tool-holder



(No Model.)

' AL LONG".

TOOL HOLDER.

No. 259,405. Patented June 13, 1882.

NITED TATES .AfrnNr Finch,

ALEXANDER LONG, OF BAIBDSTOWN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO ANDREW D. MCOLURE, OF GILBOA, OHIO.

TOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,405, dated June 13, 1882.

Application filed March 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern.:

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER LONG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Bairdstown, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciication.

My invention relates to that class of implements designed to facilitate the use of files, rasps, and similar tools; and it consists in certain features hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

Figure l is a perspective of my holder applied to a le. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of one` of the handles.

Like letters refer to like parts in both figures.

A represents an ordinary le, the tang of which is inserted into an opening in one of the handles B, and the square end of which is held in notches b in the ferrule C of the other handle B.

Each of the handles is provided with an internally-located fixed nut, b', screw-threaded to fit the threaded ends of a jointed connecting-rod, D. The ferrule C is movable and turns upon a fixed ferrule, 112,11pon the handle, and having a shoulder, b3, and tapered to t within the ferrule G.

If desired, one or both handles maybe provided with the ferrule G. One or both may be provided with au opening adapted to receive the tang of the file, and the joint in the rod D may be omitted, whereby the holder is adapted to les, rasps, and other tools, when provided with a tang at each end, or to similar tools when square at each end. By retaining the joint the holder is adapted to occupy less space lengthwise and is more convenientl y packed in small compass.

It will he readily seen that the user has only to insert the tang into one of the handles, or the square end of the iile against the ferrule C, and turn the handles, when they are drawn toward each other by means of the screwthreaded ends of the connecting-rod, and are thus made to bind the holder to the tool,when said tool may be used throughout its whole length, and more firmly held with less exertion than required Without a holder, and the iile is more fully protected from injury by contact with other tools upon the bench whenlaid thereon. y

Having described my invention, whatIclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In a tool-holder, the combination of the handles B, provided with xed nuts b', movable notched conical ferrule C, fixed conical ferrule b2, having the shoulder b3, and jointed connecting-rod D, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof l afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER LONG.

Witnesses:

H. W. Koen, JonN G. Kissnnmtrn. 

